Different distrobutions bring different ways for people to handle their system, meaning, some people react better to different software, i.e. console/GUI.
This post is sounding vague, but I can tell you why I like different distros:
I am a person that reacts better to a visual (GUI-oriented) software. The easiest distro for me to use has been Mandrake for the reason that they have a LOT of GUI tools I can use. It's nice to see RedHat and SuSE doing that now as well.
Sun and Apple seem to be taking lessons from each other. It seems like one week Apple is touting new software, only to have to buy a new machine to run it on.
My local library belongs to NetLibrary, a wonderful way to distribute content online.
I sign up at the library, and then can get exclusive use of books that my library has or has purchased rights to distribute and can exclusively check that electronic copy of the book out for a predetermined amount of time (my library sets it at 4 hours). And it is web-based, so you can reference books anywhere.
I also do plan to donate more books and CD's to my library in the future.
I don't know about you, but I could never download big 5 music without the artist or labels permission.
What you were referring to was the concept of the "virtual CD changer", the actual MP3.com term escapes me right now.
MP3.com used a program to read a valid CD and then opened up streaming access to that song, or opened it up as soon as you gave a credit card number to buy a copy of that CD.
The RIAA was scared because at that time, they were sure that this would all go away, but it didn't. The RIAA decided that they would shake down the site and the consumer for more money, (Smells like a RICO violation, in theory) and get a court to basically say that fair use of the CD I owned was illegal.
Fair use is in danger, and you better be careful.
Smith and Wesson has used Titanium and Scantium blends for revolvers for five or so years. If they got this, a.357 Magnum could be weighing next to nothing.
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IMHO, hams and hackers (for those that care aobut labels, white-hat) should be one in the same. The reason I got into ham radio was because of the fact I wanted to play with different radios and building antennas, becuase I had access to radio equipemnt (I worked for RadioShack at the time, before Len Roberts sold out). When I got the net, I decided I wanted to build a network. Now, I have a small network with web, mail, and ftp services, but I want to add digital ham traffic (packet).
True ham operators are about designing, devolping, and manufacturing news ways to communicate, and figuring out different equipment and theories. The last time I checked, most of the free software movement has similar ideas involving figuring out how things work.
Also, most hams I know love the net, learn HTML and XML, and do use e-mail and IM on a regular basis. Not bad for a bunch of "old farts".
If more people felt like I did, everyone who has ever build a netowrk, written code, or designed software would be a ham.
Also, hams are great at dealing with the government, especally(sp) about lobbying Congress about stupid and ill-concieved rules and laws (sound familiar???????). If the EFF, et al, and ARRL got together and tackled some issues together, that would make a very knowledgeable and powerful lobby.
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My wife is going into work three hours early just to come with me to my local FD activities, and we are bringing out our son.
Most club field day setups are also having family picnics to try to bring other people into the hobby, and "get on the air" stations are a great idea to help non-hams and lapsed-hams (like me).
DC Emulation has lots of different projects to do on the Dremacast console and many are very cool, including SMS, Genesis, SNES, NES, Linux, BSD, VideoCD, DOOM!, and more stuff. I've been using some of these projects for a year now, and they are very cool for those in the emulation scene.
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My wife got a rather large ham from her job, too.
and all I had to do for all of this was to get drunk and sing "Like a Virgin" karaoke.
What fun!
that's all I need to do everything I want to do, including playing Diablo II with WineX.
I'm in Norfolk, Nebraska, and with my Qwest DSL line and going through a local ISP, I get 640down/256up with no cap.
Downloading ISO's of OSes works great for me on this system.
Different people think differently.
Sounds lame, but it's true.
Different distrobutions bring different ways for people to handle their system, meaning, some people react better to different software, i.e. console/GUI.
This post is sounding vague, but I can tell you why I like different distros:
I am a person that reacts better to a visual (GUI-oriented) software. The easiest distro for me to use has been Mandrake for the reason that they have a LOT of GUI tools I can use. It's nice to see RedHat and SuSE doing that now as well.
It's better to have many choices than Microsoft.
More like "funny -haha!" and "funny -ewwwwwkay?"
Sun and Apple seem to be taking lessons from each other. It seems like one week Apple is touting new software, only to have to buy a new machine to run it on.
Sun seems to follow the same pattern, IMHO.
The extension is only for the electronic transfer of patient info to CMS. Everything else related to privacy needs to be in effect by April 14, 2003.
My local library belongs to NetLibrary, a wonderful way to distribute content online.
I sign up at the library, and then can get exclusive use of books that my library has or has purchased rights to distribute and can exclusively check that electronic copy of the book out for a predetermined amount of time (my library sets it at 4 hours). And it is web-based, so you can reference books anywhere.
I also do plan to donate more books and CD's to my library in the future.
I don't know about you, but I could never download big 5 music without the artist or labels permission. What you were referring to was the concept of the "virtual CD changer", the actual MP3.com term escapes me right now. MP3.com used a program to read a valid CD and then opened up streaming access to that song, or opened it up as soon as you gave a credit card number to buy a copy of that CD. The RIAA was scared because at that time, they were sure that this would all go away, but it didn't. The RIAA decided that they would shake down the site and the consumer for more money, (Smells like a RICO violation, in theory) and get a court to basically say that fair use of the CD I owned was illegal. Fair use is in danger, and you better be careful.
Smith and Wesson has used Titanium and Scantium blends for revolvers for five or so years. If they got this, a .357 Magnum could be weighing next to nothing.
This is only my third post, so please excuse the block text. Forgot to add
tags.
IMHO, hams and hackers (for those that care aobut labels, white-hat) should be one in the same. The reason I got into ham radio was because of the fact I wanted to play with different radios and building antennas, becuase I had access to radio equipemnt (I worked for RadioShack at the time, before Len Roberts sold out). When I got the net, I decided I wanted to build a network. Now, I have a small network with web, mail, and ftp services, but I want to add digital ham traffic (packet). True ham operators are about designing, devolping, and manufacturing news ways to communicate, and figuring out different equipment and theories. The last time I checked, most of the free software movement has similar ideas involving figuring out how things work. Also, most hams I know love the net, learn HTML and XML, and do use e-mail and IM on a regular basis. Not bad for a bunch of "old farts". If more people felt like I did, everyone who has ever build a netowrk, written code, or designed software would be a ham. Also, hams are great at dealing with the government, especally(sp) about lobbying Congress about stupid and ill-concieved rules and laws (sound familiar???????). If the EFF, et al, and ARRL got together and tackled some issues together, that would make a very knowledgeable and powerful lobby.
My wife is going into work three hours early just to come with me to my local FD activities, and we are bringing out our son. Most club field day setups are also having family picnics to try to bring other people into the hobby, and "get on the air" stations are a great idea to help non-hams and lapsed-hams (like me).
DC Emulation has lots of different projects to do on the Dremacast console and many are very cool, including SMS, Genesis, SNES, NES, Linux, BSD, VideoCD, DOOM!, and more stuff. I've been using some of these projects for a year now, and they are very cool for those in the emulation scene.